Wichita Falls, TX: Self-Published by Author, 1978 Self-Published by Author, Wichita, Falls, TX. 1978. Hardcover. Edition/Printing not Stated. Signed by the author on the FFFP. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; light bumping to head and tail. DJ: Very Good; suntoning to spine and flap folds; missing small piece at head; doodling in barbed wire on the front panel. Green cloth buckram boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine and front board; gilt barbed wire on front board. 122 pp 8vo. This book is not so much a true romance as it is a romance of something abut the old days on the West Texas prairies. Each of the stories will have a historical background and will give some history, some "romance" some pathos, and some humor in describing life as it was in the West during the time covered. The 26 stories in this book will certainly tell about a west that is not recorded in the books. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.

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Bookseller: Walnut Valley Books/Books by White (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 016952
Title: True Romantic Tales of the West
Author: Solon R. Featherson (AUTHOR SIGNED)
Illustrator: C. Kenneth Hill, Gail Dowd
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Self-Published by Author
Place of Publication: Wichita Falls, TX
Date Published: 1978
Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
Keywords: Texas Plains, Old West Stories, Texas Stories, Texas farm and ranch stories, cowboys, Solon Featherson, West Texas,
Bookseller catalogs: Autobiography; Americana;

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Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.

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